debian man page for cdown

CDOWN(1)							   User Commands							  CDOWN(1)

NAME
       cdown - query cddb database for info on a disc

SYNOPSIS
       cdown
       cdown	 [-[0..9]|-d device] [-H H] [-P P] [-V|-?|-h]

DESCRIPTION
       The  cdown command is a command to query the CD-ROM for track information, use this to fetch information on this CD-ROM from the CDDB data-
       bases (freedb.freedb.org), and then output the information in a form suitable for cdir(1).

       cdown prints the information it downloads on stdout, in a format suitable for appending to .cdtooldb.  Should there be an uncertainty as to
       which CD-ROM information it should download, it prints a list of alternatives to stderr and prompts for the user to select one.

       A network connection is required for this to operate properly.

OPTIONS
	      -d device
		     specify the cdrom device

	      -H host
		     get database using HOST (def=freedb.freedb.org)

	      -P port
		     get database using PORT (def=888)

	      -l     list available cddb hosts

	      -[1..9]
		     specify /dev/cdromN (def=/dev/cdrom)

	      -r     output raw answer of the CDDB server

	      -v     verbose output

	      -D     enable runtime debugging

	      -V     print version, exit

	      -[?|h] print help, exit

FILES
       ~/.cdtooldb - default database file.

ENVIRONMENT
       CDTOOLDBPATH  -	colon  delimited  path	of database files to search.  It is not necessary to specify ~/.cdtooldb, as this is automatically
       added to the end of the search path.

       CDTOOLDEV - device file for cd-rom, overrides compile-time defaults.  CDDBHOST - host to query, overrides compile-time default

SEE ALSO
       cdir(1)

AUTHORS
       Main code:
	      Bryon Ellacott <rodent@homer.humbug.org.au>
       Enhancements:
	      Wade Hampton <whampton@staffnet.com>

CDTOOL
								   29-July-2004 							  CDOWN(1)